[Adopted 3-6-1989 by L.L. No. 3-1989; amended in its entirety 12-13-2010 by L.L. No. 7-2010[1]]
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Editor’s Note: This local law also provided for an effective date of 1-1-2011.
The purpose and intent of this article shall be to regulate the imposition and use of license fees by the Town of Cazenovia, pursuant to Article 7 of Agriculture and Markets Law.
A. 
A fee schedule shall be established by resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Cazenovia and is available in the office of the Town Clerk. Such fee schedule may thereafter be amended by resolution of the Town Board. Fees shall be charged and collected prior to the issuance of a license.
B. 
There shall be no fee for any license issued for any guide dog or police work dog. Each copy of any license for such dogs shall be conspicuously marked "Guide Dog" or "Police Work Dog," as is appropriate, by the Town Clerk.
C. 
An additional fee, established and amended from time to time by resolution of the Town Board, shall be imposed when a dog is identified as unlicensed during an enumeration. Such additional fee shall be the property of the Town of Cazenovia and shall be used to pay the expenses incurred by the Town of Cazenovia in conducting the enumeration. In the event the additional fees collected exceed the expenses incurred, such excess fees may be used to enforce this chapter.
D. 
In accordance with Article 7 of the Agriculture and Markets Law, each applicant for a dog license shall pay a surcharge, which shall be remitted to the Department of Agriculture and Markets for deposit into the animal population control fund, of $1 if the dog to be licensed is altered or a fee of $3 if the dog sought to be licensed is unaltered. Pursuant to Article 7 of the Agriculture and Markets Law, guide dogs and police work dogs are not exempt from the surcharge set forth herein.
E. 
Once an application has been validated by the Town Clerk, no licensing fee shall be refunded, prorated or waived. No license fee is refundable, or partially refundable, in the event the dog is lost, stolen, sold, given away, surrendered or deceased before the expiration of the license.
F. 
On or before the fifth day of each month, the Town Clerk shall remit all fees collected in accordance with Articles II and III of this chapter to the Town Supervisor.
The fees collected pursuant to this article shall be the property of the Town of Cazenovia and, upon remittance by the Town Clerk to the Town Supervisor, shall be used only for controlling dogs and enforcing the provisions of this chapter and Article 7 of the Agriculture and Markets Law.